HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-12-22, Page 10Page 10 — Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 22, 1993
Busing extended for all Catholic high school students
BY MICHELE GREENE
Busing will be extended to all
Catholic students in Huron County
so they can attend St. Michael
Catholic Secondary School in
Stratford.
At Monday night's meeting of the
Huron -Perth Roman Catholic
Separate School Board, trustees
voted to extend busing for the
1994-95 school year into Huron
County to the board's only
secondary school until another one
is established in Huron.
"Virtually anyone in Huron
County can attend St. Michael as
long as they can get to the
designated dropoffs," said Trustee
Vince Mclnnes (GRcy, Brussels,
•Wingham, Morris, Turnbcrry,
Howick, Blyth), chairperson of the
management committee. "We're
committed to Catholic education for
everyone."
He added that a bus dropoff point
would be established where the
numbers warrant.
Dr. James Brown, director' of
education, said the board and the
Huron County Board of Education
both recently agreed to work
together to establish a Huron
secondary school in the public
board's Central Huron 'Secondary
School (CHSS), in Clinton.
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CHSS has a capacity for 1,400
students, however there are 600
students now attending the school.
A Catholic secondary school would
occupy one part of it. Although Dr.
Brown doesn't expect any major
capital work to the building, he
does anticipate some structural
changes to accommodate an
administrative area. A cost to open
thc•school has not been determined,
said Dr. Brown, as the project is "in
its infancy."
Dr. Brown said it would take four
years before the school would be in
full operation with all grades. The
Catholic secondary school' is
expected to open in the fall of
1995. At that time, it would house
only Grade 9 students. In the
following year, it would teach
Grade 9 and 10 students, and so on.
"We can't make a decision
without student involvement," he
said.
Once the board has held public
mecungs and surveyed separate
school supporters on their interest
in having a separate secondary
school, the board will decide to
move ahead.
To help in determining public
interest, the board decided to
establish an ad hoc committee to
collect information, hold public
Separate School. teachers
ratify deal with board
Elementary teachers with the Huron -Perth roman Catholic Separate
School Board agreed to make changes to the their contract agreement so
the board can reach its social contract target.
The board had to, cut $657,000 from its $33.5 million budget --$15
million of which is for salaries.
Teachers agreed to increase the pupil teacher ratio from 17.5 to 18.6.
This will result in the elimination of 11 full=time teacher positions
throughout the board's 17. elementary schools. Gaetan Blanchette,
superintendent, said he doesn't expect anyone will lose their jobs. The
positions will be eliminated through attrition.
The deal was ratified by teachers on Dec. 9.
"We feel that funding won't be any more in 1996. The eliminations of
these positons will be permanent savings for the board," he said Monday
night.
Blanchette said the majority of the cuts will be at the principal and vice-
principal level so the effects won't be felt in the classroom. •
The board's secondary teachers also recently changed their contract
agreement. It resulted in the loss of three full-time teacher positions.
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